4 Abingdon Prep • January 2025 TRIPS Y8 GEOGRAPHY FIELD TRIP TEAM BUILDING AT PGL Year 5 had (in their own words) ‘the best residential experience EVER’ at PGL, Liddington. Their trip was filled with jawdropping heights: flying on The Giant Swing, plunging off the abseiling tower and zooming down the zip wire. We were also lucky enough to play competitive games whilst canoeing on the lake and took part in lots of other team-building and problemsolving style activities. Of course, none of this would happen without being fuelled by PGL’s ‘heavenly’ food, as described by the pupils! It’s safe to say it was a brilliant trip on all accounts! YEAR 5 (AND YEAR 6) DO TRIPS! Year 5 had not one, not two, but three trips this month, including their two-night residential at PGL (below). They also visited Milestones Museum in Basingstoke (left) to support their work on the Victorian era, experiencing a strict school lesson and exploring the shops and vehicles. With Year 6, they also visited the Rutherford Appleton Lab (right) for a space-themed series of workshops, including an escape room and pop-up Planetarium, crafting a universe inside a box and exploring how to protect astronauts from radiation (using UV sensitive beads). Dressed for the clean room Locating hot spots Year 8’s field trip to the Jurassic Coast, Dorset, started at the magnificent rock arch at Durdle Door examining the coastal geomorphology of St Oswald’s Bay before walking over the hillside to Lulworth Cove. We then split in two for a closer look at the unique geology of this UNESCO World Heritage coastline at Stair Hole and the Lulworth Crumple. We finished the day with some well earned fish and chips!
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